According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid, those forced to flee are mostly women and children.
In Syria, more than a million people have been forced to flee their homes since rebels launched their offensive against the president Bashar al-Assad to supersede, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid tells. According to the organization, those who had to flee are mainly women and children.
The rebels began their offensive to oust the president just over two weeks ago.
There were already millions of internal refugees in the country before the change of power, for example due to the long civil war.